Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship

Sponsorship by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation. For research stays by researchers from Germany of all disciplines and at all career stages. Applicants choose an academic host from the Humboldt Network, i.e. a Humboldt fellow (from a previous research stay in Germany), a recipient of a Humboldt prize or similar. Two of the Feodor-Lynen hosts at SLAC are: Stan Brodsky and Roger Blandford.

Duration:

for post-doctoral researchers (up to four years after completing a doctorate): 6 to 24 months

for experienced researchers (up to 12 years after completing a doctorate): 6 to 18 months, divisible into a maximum of three visits over three years.

For a postdoc fellow, Feodor-Lynen contributes approximately half of the salary of a Stanford postdoc.

France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Offers three types of fellowships, ranging from 2 to 4 months, $5000−$7000.

Undergraduate Fellowship - Intended to fund Stanford undergraduates interested in undertaking research or pursuing an internship at a French institution.

Visiting Student Researcher Fellowship - Available to graduate students affiliated with a French institution who are interested in pursuing research at Stanford, and to Stanford graduate students interested in undertaking research or pursuing an internship at a French institution. Applicants for the Visiting Student Researcher Fellowship must be graduate students: they must be pursuing either a master’s or doctoral degree.

Visiting Junior Scholar Fellowship - Available to junior scholars from either Stanford or France seeking a research visit either in a French institution or at Stanford. Fellowships are available to postdoctoral students as well as scholars who have completed a Ph.D. no more than three years from the date of applying for the fellowship and who hold a tenure-track/permanent (rather than postdoctoral) position.